5- HTP

As it helps increase serotonin levels, and not just melatonin levels, 5-HTP has positive mood enhancing benefits like feeling happier and more relaxed. It helps battle depression and anxiety.

Melatonin
Known as “the sleep hormone”, melatonin is a hormone that helps your body prepare for sleep. It induces drowsiness and sleep in line with the body clock as it regulates your sleep cycle.

Magnesium
Magnesium helps to relax tense muscles, as well as support a healthy nervous system, which is needed to maintain good sleep patterns. It ads in the body’s production of melatonin and has a natural, relaxing effect on the body. Magnesium may improve your sleep by helping to calm you, and relieve anxiety and depression.

L-Theanine
Commonly found in tea leaves, L-Theanine has anxiolytic effects which is required for the initiation of high-quality sleep. It has been shown to increase sleep efficiency, which means you spend more time in deep sleep and less time in light sleep.

Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 is an essential nutrient that helps the body synthesize GABA, tryptophan and serotonin, which converts to melatonin, all impacting sleep. It enhances natural melatonin production and a deficiency of which has been linked to insomnia and depression.

Lemon Balm Leaf
Lemon balm has been proven to reduce anxiety, a primary barrier to quality sleep, by 18% and lower insomnia by 42%. It provides calming effects and is used for problems with sleep and restlessness.

Passion Flower
Traditionally used to help with sleep, extracts from passion flower have been used in patients to reduce anxiety and insomnia.

Valerian Root
Valerian root has been found to help people fall asleep faster, improve their sleep quality and spend more time in a deep sleep state. It also may help ease anxious feelings that occur in response to stressful situations.